I'd be fine with non click bait culture, but unfortuneatly a few years back, abc's ratings were low and because of this taxpayers werent getting value for their dollars, so it had to be made more hip.I would have thought the principle is that the ABC should be above the click-bait culture that exists in profit making entities. It has no reason to be anything but neutral and to focus on the actual news of the day.
See above for my philosophy re neutrality. In terms of focussing on the news, it does better than most if not all, but its still terrible.